Roasting and baking pan.



H. A. SPRINGER.

ROASTING AND BAKING PAN.

APPLICATION FILED DB0. 3, 1909.

985,712. Patented Feb.'28, 1911.y

" To all whom it may concern: I I l and baking pan.

l "sperimentali of Letters Patent.l

Tas-'PATENT nanars. Sramana, orV DENvim, coronato.

Application led December 3, 1909. Serial No. 531,241.

Be it known that I, HENRY A; lSPRINGER l 4,a citizen of the United States of America,

residing in the city and county of Denver 5 and Statel of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Roasting and Baking Pan', of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to animproved roasting, steaming and baking pan,- and the 'objects of my invention are: First-To provide a utensil of this character comprising a casing open at one end, a pan slidably mounted in said casing, and 'ahinged door for covering the open end of the casing abovethe pan, whereby the contents'of the pan may be inspected without withdrawing the pan. Second-To provide a heat regulating and an even heatdistributing roasting, steaming Third-To provide a roasting, steaming and baking an provided with a heat retainingnd circl ating casing anda foodholding draw form `of a pan that removably i'nclosed by said casing. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated" in the accompanying" drawings, in which, F igurevv l is a. perspective View of the improved cooking utensil showing the pan partly withdrawn from the casing and the door raised to give access to the casing. Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional view through the utensil, the removable trayV being omitted. Fig, 3 is a transverse, sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a fragmented, erspective view of the removable tray; and ig. 5 is a fragmental view, illustrating the catch for holding the cover in a raised position. s

' Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring' to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the food-holding pan inclosing casing portion of my roasting, steaming and baking pan. This casing .portion 1 comprises a rectangular shaped casing, which is made of sheet iron or other suitable metal or material, and is made of a length and width and height to form a roasting pan suitable for general household roasting, steamingand 'fw 50 baking purposes.

The base portion ofthe casing is provided with substantially straight vertical sides' 2, which extend upward from its bottom portion for a portion of the height of the pan,

from which point the sides and the rear Y end portion 3 preferably slope inwardly and food-holding pan inclosure of the desired capacity. The sides then blend into a fiatl top portion 4. The opposite or :front end 1s preferably formed straight or` at right angles to the bottom of the casing. A. lid5- is hinged to the top end of the front end portion, and this lid is arranged to only close the inclined side top portion'of the casing vand its lower edge 1s (arranged -to bear and outer or front end against the top edge portion of afood-holding pan 7, which is slidably mounted in the casing, asvwill be presently described. The lid Vis provided with a' damper 8,

which may be of any suitable form but which preferably consists of a pivotally moving disk that isprovided with air en-r trance apertures 9, which are fitted vover similar air entrance apertures 10 arrangedin a circle at ahshort distance apart through the. lid of the casing. The lower edge of the lid is also provided with a handle 11. This casing is provided on its inside surface with slideways 12 which' may be formed on it in4 Patented Feb.` as, v1911. i

upwardly to' a 'suiiicient heighty to.form a5." i

any suitable manner but which I preferably place on the opposite sides of the inside of the casing at the junction of the vertical with theinwardly sloping sides and which preferably consist of outwardly curved head portions, each of which on its respective side forms a semi-circular groove along the inside of each side of the whole length ofthe casing. These grooves v12 formA slideways for the top side edges 13 of the food holdin pan 7, which are extended beyond the si e of the pan far enough to form guide- Ways that are adapted to extend into and tit slidably into the grooves slideways.V The guideways 13 may also be of any suitable form or shape that will tit slidably 'within the slideways of the casing.

The bottom of the casing is provided with an open space 15, that is of about the size ofthe food holding pan, which leaves a rim edge portion 16 around the bottom of the casin This rim portion is preferably reinforce or stilened i by folding the metal upon itself or by the addition of additional strips of metal to the edge of the casing, or by any other suitable means. The side and end'edges ofthe casing, close to itsbottom edges arev provided with a row of small air inlet apertures 18, which permit the hot air of an oven to enter the bottom of the casing and circulate around the :food holding pan les fao

and throughout the interior of the casing, v

' .as will be explained more full hereinafter.

The rear end and also the si es of this pan .7 are preferably sloped inwardly from the top edges of the pan, to its bottom portion,

. in order to allow the hot air of anoven asit circulates upward through the air) apen' tures and also through the o pen space in the bottom of the casing to flow directly against thel inclined side surface of thepan. This.

pan 7, comprises a rectangular shaped pan of a length that will slide into the casingagainst its rear end and be flush `with its -front end so that the lid will swing down' against the 'upper end edge of thepan land at the same time t vclosely against l the side I vedges of the front end of the casing.

The front end portion of the pan 7 is, however, preferably made straightA or at substantially right angles to the bottom of the casing, and 1t is provided with a handle 22,

by which itl-may be pushed into or witha spring clip 24 that is secured to the top A gaged by the sprin manner as to lock t e lid ,in an opened posi-L tiom The pan 7 is provided withan *integralr bottom portion, which is exposed to, the di-l rect ilow of heat from the bottom of ani oven in which the pan is placed through to drawn. from the casing.

The lidis provided close to its hinge with afspring 23, which is arranged to engage portion of the casing in a posltion to'be en-` 23 of the lid in such a the open space v1n the bottom of the casin but when cooking some articles of food.

it 1s desired -to raisel the'article slightly above the bottom of the pan, 7 and a removable,

-and out of contact with the bottom of the 'open at its bottom and front end, the sides perforated bottom plate 26 vis provided; This perforated plate is ilat and smooth on 4 its'upper food resting surface, but is preferably provided with stiening ribson its under side surface, which permits it to rest on the bottom of the pan 7, but holds its food resting surface a short distance above pan 7. This plate 26 may be made of any suitable metal or, material, and it is fittedv loose enough within the pany to be easily .and quickly lifted out of it. i.

My invention provides a practicalv roasting, steaming and baking pan that confines -v and distributes the heat evenly over the surface of the articles of food being cooked therein, and permits of a regulated egree of heat being used. Havingdescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

In a cooking utensil as specified, a casing of which are bent to form oppositely arranged slideways; apan having anges on its sides adapted to rest'in said 'slideways, the front end of said pan acting to close the lower halfof the opening in the front end of thecasing, and a hinged door on the. casing which is adapted to close the upper half of the` said opening.

In, testimony whereof I afx my signa- 70 ture'ijn presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. srRrNGER.

Witnesses G. SARGENT Enmoa'r, Aonnna- M. Fownn. 

